There is an explanation for this, from a Biblical perspective. There is a good video I posted in a different thread that lays it out.
The gist of this, is that those Pagans (Canaanites, Babylonians, Midianites, Edomites, Greeks, Romans, etc...) worshipped different gods (little) g that were actually demons.
In 1 & 2 Kings, you see a pattern unfold:
The first is that Solomon and many of the successive kings of Israel/Judah started to worship Baal. Baal is the demon that promises prosperity in return for sacrificing kids.
When did the United States start to see our economy grow exponentially?
Not too long after we legalized abortion, which is systematic child sacrifice.
After that demonic spirit overtook Israel, the next demonic spirit was Ashtoreth, or the demon of sexual immorality. You may know her as Aphrodite or Venus, but she was the one that started to destroy the nuclear family via sexual immorality that started with the feminist movement and sexual revolution of the 60's. That is embodied in 2 Kings with Ahab's wife, Jezebel.
The final demonic spirit that overtook Israel was Molceh, or the Transformer. Molech would make people believe that men were women, women were men, or that biological sex didn't matter. Sound familiar? He was also associated with child sacrifice? When you think about what we are doing to children right now via the transgender movement, are we (society) not sacrificing them for favor (woke)? It's crazy over how it only took 8-10 years for that entire demonic movement to spread like wildfire. And yet here we are.
The good news is Israel repented and God destroyed those who worshiped those demons. Will we be as fortunate here in the United States?
Time will tell, but your only hope is God. We are powerless against those forces otherwise.